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  1. Colster
    "The Usual Suspects", the guy that sleeps through his night in the cells is the guilty one. It's quite natural to be apprehensive for the visit but I can guarantee when you come out the other end, you'll think "Well, that wasn't so bad, don't know what I was worrying about" - we've all been there.
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    You put them down as if they were a separate firearm e.g. .22RF Rifle .22 Moderator .17RF Rifle .17 Moderator It entirely likely that the mod you buy won't be calibre specific (SAK's for example only come in .22 but work fine on a .17) but it doesn't matter. My cert when it came back said ".17HMR Rifle" and then "Moderator for .17RF Rifle" and so on. If you haven't applied for them, I'd ring your FLO/FEO quickly, it's not a problem for them to add them on if you've applied for the guns for pest control/vermin (same goes for expanding ammo - which you need a condition on your
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    I do mine at 42yards, nice and easy to see where you've hit without walking backwards and forwards to the target, this is the primary zero and puts it back on again at 120yards. To be honest, it's so flat between the two points I don't bother holding under as such. Around the 75-85yard mark I might just come under by half an inch or so, then from about 140yards+, I need to start working out my holdover.
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    £7 per 100 for .22LR Winchester Subs and £18 for Hornady 17gn V-Max for the HMR. Prices will vary from shop to shop and some will do discounts for bulk but this is what I paid this week for 3 boxes of each.
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    Nothing (with the exception of FAC Air ammo) is as cheap as LR ammo, it really all depends on your FEO and what his views are on suitable calibres for fox. The LR is in my view the ultimate bunny gun, it does that so well I'm not fussed if it's a bit of a one trick pony although I wouldn't dispute it's capability to put down a fox, there are better tools for the job. As you're a chicken farmer I would imagine you'd be able to get a CF on first grant (again it all depends on the FLO/FEO in your area), they may want to limit it to something smaller than the most popular, small deer capable C
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    Unless by close range, you mean in a trap then that isn't humane dispatch.
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    It's actually six: so that's: One signed by SGC co-sig Three signed by you Two signed by your FAC refs - one each A co-terminous certificate is when you apply for SGC and FAC together, you get a reduced fee and then they expire at the same time too. ...and yes a referee can also be a co-sig for your SGC providing they meet both sets of criteria.
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    In theory, you accompanying the FEO and showing you are aware of the danger spots "shouldn't" make any difference to whether he passes it, as once it's passed any shooter could use a firearm on there without either demonstrating his knowledge of the patch or perhaps even being aware of the danger spots. This is one reason why BASC oppose the whole practice of land clearing, the responsibility always comes down to the shooter to take a safe shot anyway. I have land passed up to .243 but there are numerous places on it I wouldn't use my LR. Having said that, the time spent with your FEO demo
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    As said above, you don't need an S&B on there but I do like a decent low light capable scope and on an LR, I prefer milldots. Zero it at 55yards and it will be pretty much flat out from about 25 to 60ish but if you want to punch a few at 90-120yards I find the dots help... although at the moment I have a Hawke Endurance 30IR on mine, no dots but awesome in low light. When my variation comes through that will be going on an HMR and I have a Hawke Map Pro ready to go on the LR.
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    There's also the Yo Dave kit which includes a tube for the sear pin, that was all my CZ Silhouette needed. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160452856255 18.50 Canadian dollars = 11.7182435 British pounds... roughly
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    Great news mate, Silhouette? HMR? 20"? Mind me asking how much as I'm in the market for one?
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    Out of curiosity Whats the best way to clean an un-strippable mod. LD Give it a shot of WD-40 or Welder's Anti-Spatter spray (let it dry well before firing)
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    Yeh, the anticipation is way worse than the actual visit.. although a couple of weeks ago I had another one for a variation, felt just as anxious about that too.
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    Yeh saw it in an add in this month's BASC mag. Not a huge fan of thumbhole stocks personally but I agree it's interesting to see them mixing it up a bit and trying "new" stuff out. Hoping my variation will be through next week and the funds are in place for an HMR but think it will be Silhouette or Style still for me.
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    Never tried the Eley but I found that Remington subs grouped slightly better than Winchester but didn't seem to have the punch. As the difference in grouping was only very slight I stuck with the Winchesters.
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    No he said one-for-one, you have to do this if the manufacturer's name is stated on your FAC. So he loses his slot which said Ase Utra and gets one that says Wildcat. Have you already sold the Utra mate?
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    When this happened to me (I bought a SAK from a non-licence holder on a shooting forum and he posted the mod to me), I was told by my FLO that the guy I had bought the mod from had committed an offence. As I intended to use the mod on a section 1 firearm (.22LR), he should have sold it face to face and filled in my FAC at the time. How he was supposed to know I was using it on a Sec 1 is beyond me and at the time I didn't even have my licence but knew I didn't need a FAC to possess a moderator. They backed down in the end and entered it on my FAC with no serial number... in answer to t
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    "Shared", as they all should be already if you both have access to the cabinet.
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    .243 will take some beating for availability (of S/H guns and ammo), would be worth getting some experience in on the deer you CAN shoot with a .223 before putting your variation in.
  20. Colster
    Thanks for that, found a showing your method and actually got to try some this evening. Think I'll be shooting some more squirrels now, very nice. Cheers!
  21. Colster
    No one on here can answer that one for you, it depends solely on the clauses in the contract agreed between the land management company and the church. I'd "assume" that it would be in the scope of the contract as pest control would very much come under "land management" and that's what they're been paid to do... manage the land. I would further assume if the land management company have you given you permission then the terms of the contract allows them to appoint people to assist in the land management (ie pest controllers), you should be able to check this with the tenant or land management
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    Having changed my shotgun this week to own my first O/U I set up a day with a couple of mates to spend the day over on the farm giving it a good try out. We started off at 6am with my first go at shooting over decoys, it was ok but it wasn't about to overtake lamping with the LR in my book. It got to just after 10 and it became clear the pigeons weren't interested in food and were just looking for somewhere to sleep off breakfast, so we collected the decoys and the 18 pigeons shot thus far and set off to rough shoot round the various small woods and copses and decided to go drey poking. As
  23. Colster
    Yes, just ring your local Firearms Office and they can tell you instantly whether a piece of land has been checked and if so to what calibre. Just a comment in regards to one of your earlier post, never dry fire a rimfire, they really don't like it. My bolt was maybe a little tight (nothing that bad really) for maybe a box or so of ammo, it's as smooth as a chocolate Leslie Phillips now though. The trigger kit is a different issue, I bought my CZ new last Nov and the trigger was breaking about 2.5Lbs so didn't need trigger sorting as such. If you just change the spring (a 5 minute job)
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    Apparently the optimum iirc is 18" but 16 or 20 would be little different so not worth worrying about. I think it's main benefit is in the handling, particularly when shooting from a vehicle
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    Keep shopping around, I was quoted £325 for the 20" and £340 for the 16" in .22LR Silhouette (they are more expensive as explained above but worth it if you're in and out of a vehicle with it) but it could be they're letting you have the 20" at old stock prices and the 16" as it would have to be ordered would be at the new prices.... although having said that I went to one of my locals today to pick up a shotgun and they had a 16" LR in there for £395 so still worth shopping about
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